Media and cultural diversity
The Pacific Journalism Review: Te Koakoa is a peer-reviewed journal examining media issues and communication in the South Pacific, Asia-Pacific, Australia and New Zealand. Founded by Professor David Robie in 1994 at the University of Papua New Guinea, it was later published at the University of the South Pacific. PJR was published between 2007 and 2020 by the Pacific Media Centre in the School of Communication Studies, Auckland University of Technology. From 2021 it is being published by Asia Pacific Media Network in association with Tuwhera Publishing at AUT and the University of the South Pacific Journalism Programme. PJR is a ranked journal with DOAJ, SCOPUS metrics and Web of Science.
Current edition: Media change, adaptation and culture - 28(1&2) 2022
| Next PJR edition 29(1) 2023: Call for open themed papers - Deadline March 31, 2023
Pictured: Founding editor Dr David Robie hands over a set of bound editions of Pacific Journalism Review to the Auckland Libraries-Ngā Pātaka Kōrero o Tāmaki Makaurau through Aotearoa/NZ collection principal Andrew Henry. The books have been donated by the Asia Pacific Media Network Inc. Image: PJR
Kia Ora Whānau,
Hepi Niu Yia Olgeta!
A few quick updates on Asia Pacific Media Network (APMN) activities, happenings and future events:
Key upcoming dates:
APMN AGM (date TBC in early April)
Submissions for next PJR edition close: March 31, 2023
Publication of next PJR edition: July 2023
Note: Illustrations are on the newsletter PDF. Email the APMN secretary, Khairiah Rahman, if you would like a copy.
Edition editors: Philip Cass, Khairiah A. Rahman and David Robie
This edition of Pacific Journalism Review draws on the focus of the Asian Congress for Media and Communication (ACMC) conference hosted at Auckland University of Technology (AUT) in November 2021. The themed articles 'echo those who cherish freedom of the press and truth'. In what is described as 'an age of growing hate, intolerance and disinformation', the need to hold the line against a 'disinfodemic' of distortion and falsehood is even more vital. The edition also carries a Frontline section of four articles about Aotearoa New Zealand's unprecedented 23-day siege of Parliament by anti-vaccination and conspiracy theorist protesters, including research by The Disinformation Project. The Photoessay features the growing kava culture with a series of evocative images by Todd Henry.
Editor: Philip Cass
Associate and founding editor: David Robie
Frontline editor: Wendy Bacon
Assistant editors: Khairiah A. Rahman, Nicole Gooch
Reviews editors: Philip Cass, Nicole Gooch
Online edition editor: David Robie
Designer: Del Abcede
Proof reader: Linnéa Eltes
Cover design: Del Abcede
Cover photo: Todd Henry
Tuwhera OJS online support: Luqman Hayes and Donna Coventry
Print edition: PinkLime
Pacific Journalism Review
Print ISSN: 1023-9499
Online ISSN: 2324-2035
Published by Asia Pacific Media Network | Te Koakoa Incorporated, in collaboration with Tuwhera at Auckland University of Technology, Aotearoa New Zealand.
PJR on SJR Scimago impact metrics
Pacific Journalism Review is collaborating with IKAT: The Indonesian Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, published by the Center for Southeast Asian Social Studies (CESASS) at the Universitas Gadjah Mada in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, for special joint editions on media, climate change and maritime disasters in July 2018.
